Lone Star Le Mans @ CoTA on September 18th and 19th

[Herrsss]

Howdy all,

The North Texas Region, South Central Region and Houston Region are working to put together another dynamite weekend to go watch Ben race (and win) the Lone Star Le Mans this September so mark your calendars now and be ready to join us for another awesome weekend!

COTA has created a Viper car corral package that includes weekend race passes, weekend parking passes in lot C (paved), grandstand seating at Turn 1, Turn 15 and the Main Grandstand (free to roam around), event merchandise kit and parade lap.

An additional benefit included is that if you call them directly they will waive the additional processing fees that are charged when you sign up on the website.

Tickets are $159 for a driver and $139 for a passenger.

Here's the link for more information:

http://circuitoftheamericas.com/lslm/tickets

Note to self: call Andrew Berger at 512-536-1493 to buy tickets with no processing fees.

We are working on lodging and other things to do . . . more information to come!

[Herrsss]

Woohoo! Tickets are bought . . .

[Herrsss]

Happy Thursday!

We have arranged a block of rooms at the same Marriott that we stayed at last year and the rate is $209 per night. We are still planning the rest of the weekend so keep an eye out for more information coming later.

http://www.marriott.com/meeting-even...&stop_mobi=yes

[AM.MSCL]

Tickets were purchase a while back. See everyone here in Austin!

[HOLDEM]

Tickets bought, room reserved, and i'll bring lots of choice's for us cigar smokers.

Just let me know which parking lot we are partying at this event??

Judy and I are looking forward to seeing everyone""""""Gary Fisher

[Dusty1]

Who knows we may even have an outdoor pool to sit around, though there are worse places to sit than next to a bunch of Vipers in the parking lot!

Richard

[Herrsss]

Booked our room, bought our tickets now all we have to do is wait until September!!!!

[Herrsss]

The final piece of the puzzle has been put together. If you're planning to go attend, please download the attachment and send it in with your payment and be ready to have a blast! Last year we cheered Houston Club member Ben Keating on to a win and we're hoping we can repeat that with just the right touch of mojo!


2015 LONE STAR LE MANS.pdf

[Herrsss]

Update: There are a few rooms left in the block at the Marriott so please make your reservation as quickly as possible so you've got a place to sleep!

The block is closed but you can still reserve a room by calling Shannon Nicole Braly at 512-634-2001.

[Herrsss]

News flash!!!!

Doug Shelby, Shelby Engineering generously sent a generous donation to help us with the Friday night BBQ!!!

THANK YOU DOUG!!!!!

[Herrsss]

WooHoo!!

I just got a FedEx notification that my tickets are on the way!!!

[Herrsss]

WooHoo!!

I just got a FedEx notification that my tickets are on the way!!!

BAM! Our tickets are here and we're ready to roll!!!!

[Herrsss]

Here's our schedule for this weekend:

Friday
**Don’t forget your tickets *

8:15 a.m. Meet at the HEB parking lot on the NW corner of Bunker Hill and I-10
8:30 a.m. Depart H-town
9:45ish Stop at the Shell station in La Grange to meet up with our north Houston members
10:45ish Arrive at CoTA and get checked into the Viper car corral
11:50-12:30 Pre-Race – Open Grid / Fan Walk – Pit Lane – CTSC
12:40-3:10 Race – CTSC – 2.5 hours
3:45-4:00 Qualifying – TUDOR Championship (GTD)

We hear there may be parade laps and are checking into it so we’ll let ya’ll know what we find out.

When you’re ready, head on over to the Marriott to get checked in and freshen up (4415 S IH 35, Austin, TX 78744). We have reserved parking along the backside of the hotel.

6:15 pm Meet in the parking lot
6 :30 John Weber, Prez of the South Central region, will lead our convoy over to Blacks BBQ, 215 N. Main Street, Lockhart, 78644
7:00 Enjoy some great BBQ courtesy our friends at Viper Exchange, Doug Shelby Engineering and Houston Viper Club

Now ya’ll know the Houston contingent likes to get together outside later in the evening to ahem, hold a meeting that might or might not include cigars! We’ll scope the property out and let ya’ll know where we’re gonna set up the HQ. We’ve been known to utilize curbs so the short folks don’t have too far to fall!!

Saturday
Breakfast on your own and then head on over to CoTA at your leisure
8:00 -8:20 Warm up laps
9:15-10:00 Driver autograph session – TUDOR championship at Team Transporters in the paddock
10:25-11:05 TUDOR Championship – open grid fan walk – pit lane
11:35-2:15 Race – Lone Star Le Mans for the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship
2:20-2:50 TUDOR Championship – post race ceremonies –victory podium

When you’re ready, head back over to the Marriott and get freshened up for Saturday night’s dinner.

Location Pecan A&B
6:00-7:00 Happy hour with a cash bar
7:00- ? Dinner

Repeat the previous evening’s outside ”meeting”

Sunday
Check out of the hotel, be sure you’re gassed up and ready to rumble!
9:00 Depart the Marriott for a spirited hill country cruise led by John Weber to Gruene
11:00 Lunch at either the Gristmill or Gruene River Grill

Bummer . . . now it’s time to go home!

[XSnake]

Vipers in P1 & P8 after the first practice

[AM.MSCL]

I just got this information in an email. I thought we got Parade laps on Friday and Saturday.

To take part in your Car Corral's parade lap, you must attend a Car Corral safety briefing. The briefing will take place at the following time:

• 4:00 PM Friday, September 18, at the Parade Lap Registration Booth in the Grand Plaza, adjacent to the Guest Services Booth

Parade Lap Registration Booth

[XSnake]

2nd practice underway. P3 and P4 currently

http://scoring.imsa.com/

[Newport Viper]

Texas native Ben Keating and co-driver Jeroen Bleekemolen (No. 33 Riley Motorsports ViperExchange.com Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R) won the GT Daytona (GTD) on Saturday.



http://www.autoextremist.com/the-line1/

[Herrsss]

Here are some pictures I took at our Saturday night celebration of Ben's and Jeroen's 3rd year in a row win via dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com/l/wKbpuWUSPlLUdcOoQPVxKs

[Dusty1]

Great event everyone, I hope we can continue to grow this one, thanks to John Weber for organizing Friday Nights BBQ and the cruise to lunch on Sunday, I love when we can involve all the regions in events. Oh, winning the race didn't hurt either. I think we are Ben's good luck charm.

Richard